RIVER FISHING. The public are reminded by tlfc police and the Fishery Inspectors that from December 1, 1924, to March 31, 1925; the iMurrumbidgee is closed against : fishing cxcept in the ease of drum nr.: !!i6op nets and meshing or gill, nets 'having meshes of not less thau Clinches, and a single rod and line or jliaiid line with- not: more than one 'hook uttaclicd. From April 1 to September ;!0 only the river will be open 'for all kinds ? of fiShing ; except gill or meshing nets having meshes smaller than 6 -inches.

, ? ? - ANGRY BEES A farmer hetw- mi Parkes and Bogr-.n Gate, had an exciting experience. AVlnle . taking off his crop, the wheel o{j.hi»'.Tliend- rriin.ovcr a nest of bees, wlilcl 'attacked .'the horse team and the 'lNher. .Tilt latter succeeded in freeing itlfe ;horsos, but was himself lv.dly htyng about the 'head, face and anns,; and -suffered intenne pain, be ing utnabl--v,to.ros-unic work that day. Next. day tho same horses would not outer tho. .paddock, and a fresli. team had to - be u«ed.

Lucerne Growing. The following are some of the principal points to be studied and observed in order to make a success of lucerne growing. Ducerne is' a deeprooled plant of extensive feeding habits, and for its best development requires h dcep_ mellow, and well drained soil. Good maize soils, arc good lucerne soils, but almost any type of soil may be made .to produce lucerne provided it is well drained, abundantly supplied with decomposable organic matter, free of acidity, and well provided with the mineral elements of plant food in available forms. Good drain age is essential, as lucerne roots will not develop in water-logged soil, and soils thnl are liable to Hooding Cor more than a couple of days at a tiiWe should not be sown. Lucerne will not thrive in an acid soil_ and it is more sensitive to acidity than any other oC the common legumes. If the soil is producing clover satis factorily it will usually grow lucerne without any liming. If there is any doubt the soil should be teste...

Wool Position Sound. FUTURE VALUES. ?\Vinehcombc Onrson Ltd. report: — Though confident that wool values will rule in January on highly satisfactory levels, some little doubt exists as to what range of rates will ectually be , experienced. In New Zealand, at Cliristchurch auctions, the trend of prices was upward compared with De cember. Merinos were catalogued in limited- quantitiess in that centre, but crossbreds comprised the bulk of the offerings. At Tasmaiiian sales a de cline of 5 per cent, was recorded. Me rinos were plentiful in that centre. Those experiences indicate that what ever Uuctnations occur, prices arc not likely to show lany momentous al tera! ion comvnro'.5 with closing figures of last half year. Mill owners abroad continually com plain that they are unable to pro fitably turn out tops yarns and tex tiles owing to the high cost of raw material. Prabably profits are not as large as they were. In Australia manufacturers are also suffering par tially. from the same c...

I BROADCASTING Bonuses! j « LISTEN - IN TO T:iI3 ! ? C alloc I and return to oour Storekeeper 6 x 5 lb. ; 30 x 1 lb. ; f; or (;o x y2 lb A. B.C. TEA Bonus End Coupons and he will give you either 51- IN CASH, or supply you with goods to I 'that amount. ~ OR should you prefer to return them direct to us, clear li' ? your name and address, and we will forward by return \ a High-Grade Aluminium leapyC. ' For the Tea now in circulation without Bums Couponf i \ attached, we will accept the end of packet which has cither ! ? / lb. or yi lb. printed thereon. 1 5 START SAVING NOW f „ and benefit by our very i 'i generous offer. /jf (3gP§||j|^ \ DOUGLASS lif i ltd.. .I^hsr3-!! # i „ c. mk fig/ | Foveaux St., \^~gf Tgj, ml sydnev cm \sszz5sstsa® flaaA^teasaBsgsa \ \ ? ? Motor Funeral Service I FULLER &amp; BURT : MOTOR FUNERAL DIRECTORS Have just installed an ..up-to-date Motor Service for Undertaking purposes, I and are prepared to cater for all requirements in this direction, within a I ...

! YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS Young lias been troubled by the lawlaseness of a number -if children about the town, so hie of whom have appeal id gefire the Childrens Court and been committed to the care of the State. Two were caught red-handed on the premises of Messrs. Dalton Bios., one of them being S and liis brother 10 years of age. They had ef-; levied an entrance in a cunning and. skilful manner, and it. appears that it was not their first visit 011 a pil fering errand. After being conducted to .the police nation, it is said, they confessed to haying broken into other businnss houses in the town recently, and in one of them, they said they had had an unsuccessful 'go' at tlio safe.

? l.v-T YOUNG IS GOING DRY. Following a wet November, when | fears for the ripening wheat crop were; j felt in the Young district, December;] was comparatively (Try and harvesting! 1 lias proceeded with little' interruption;*! Only CO points-fell during the month In past 'Decembers there were some I ?hea\y falls. In 3I1?! there were 511, , points, and ; in 1020, 525 points. V vim il9.ll there .were 770 points. -Going. ^further -back: it ifound 1 that jn 1887, there was a ifail of S21 points for the month of Dec, mber, and 019 for the same month in the preceding year. Last year tin* 'total w; s 250 points. '

A SAFE PLANT 1 A K.'il'Ovplant and a iiiUle search: were revealed at- Juneiv when an old identity, wln-se weakness is drink, was locked iip 011 Sunday, and was searched. 'I-I 'a few belongings -\\tere „taken -ftoin him. O11 Monday lie ap peared before the Court and. .being an tfid oiMicfcr, was . lined £?.~~ He sent- for a publican to pay his fine. ?In the ocll^ [igain Prichard began searching his ,old clothes and brought forth from f'c lining of his coat a ?soiled 'handkerchief in which was ?£(!/ 10/. Asked by the police if1 ftt wa.? known to him when lie was searched, he replied : 'I think it has. been there for many years.' ,, v

HOW WOMEN LOSE THEIR JEWELS. Keceut activities of tlieivcs who specialise, in raiding bedrooms while tlie' occupants of the house aro at dinner call attention to the general carelessness of which owners of val uables are guilty (says Frederick Clif ton in the London ''Daily Mall.' The average woman thinks she has ] exercised the maximum of care if she relocks her jewel ease after vail' ing out the articles required for im mediate adornment. Others a little more cautious, take the precaution of hiding the jewel case or the valu ables themselves iu sdmc receptacle in the bedroom. Hut the trouble is ? they have 110 originality. Amazing ; though It may seem, it has been com-, -.pitted that 75 out of every 100 women have the same idea or what consti tutes a safe place— a little matter of psychology with which thieves are thoroughly familiar. Detectives declare that most women invariably place their jewellery in the right hand top draw of their dressing table or chest. If not there they c...

MARRYING AGES. In lU'lliiiiL tin; ii^i! at which piivtlcH may h'Kully bind themselves in niai' I'iiiKi' is foiirli'en In the ease of boyn and twelve in that of tfirls. In Germany a man liiUHt be at least elfrhloen years of iif?e before he can marry. In l'ortusal a boy of fourteen hi considered marriageable, and a girl of twelve. In Greece a youth must have seen at least fourteen summers nnd the girl twelve. In France the man must be eighteen and the woman sixteen, and in Belgium the same ages. In Spain the intended husband must have passed his fourteenth year and (lie wife her twelvth. In Switzerland boys from the ago of fourteen and girls from the age of twelve are- al- lowed to marry. In Turkey any maiden or youth who can walk properly and can understand j the necessary religious service are al lowed to be united for life.

[ ELECTRICITY ! FROM BURRENJUCK. j AVAILABLE IN 192G. Tho offer of Ihc Department of Pub tic Works to supply AVagga with elec tricity from Burinjuclc hydroelectric! plant was formally considered -:.v the W'agga Municipal Couu.i, .m Thurs day night. In view of the small amount of information available, no expression of opinion as to whether the acceptance of the offer would be advisable could bo made. It was de cided to suspend all permanent, im provements to the general plant at Wagga until a decision was come to. On December 10 the council received from I he Department of Public AVorks an offer for the supply of electric cur rent to tlie town from the Burrinjuclc plant. The Department stated it was expected to be able to supply .Tunee with current in February, 1020. No material had been ordered for exten sion beyond Junee, but if the AVagga council wished to take a supply of current tho Department was prepared to place on order tlie additional ma terial required, and to undertake t...

System in Farming. 'STICK TO A CROPPING PLAN.' Mr. AY. 1\ Stewart, who represents the Wimmera in the Federal Parlia ment, and was recently Minister for Works and Kailwnys in the Bvuce l'age combination, is a i-ractieal farm er in the Mallee not far below Mil dura. He has done much valuable experimental aiul demonstration work i'or the Victorian Department of Ag riculture, on his farm and his advice is sought on mallee farming problems. A few days ago 'Mr. Stewart addressed some of the settlers in the new areas lately made available for farming in the Mildura country, between Miltlura. and the South Australian border. As reported by 'Sunraysia- Daily,' ? Mr. Stewart said : — Every settler should start upon his block with a definite objective iu view und a definite plan of action in his mind from the first day he commences operations. Whatever system you iuuey, have a system; do not be chop- 1 ping aud changing about. Do not re iii'aih from sowing oats because oats are cheap, or be te...

? FARM AND DAIRY Psychology in Dairying. Dairy cows form very strouK liabils (lwiiits out. a writer In the South African Departmental 'Journal' )and if the dairyman malcea use of this trait much of ? the routine work be comes simplified and- easier. Regular ity in .systematic operations is essen tial. Irregularities worry cows and undoubtedly affect the milk yield — j milk production is largely a mutter of nervous force. Ordinarily cows are milked twice a day at regular inter val;-, morning and evening. High producing cows, however, should bu milked moro frequently. 'Whatever the periods, the milking should be done punctually and regularly, quiet ly and thoroughly, by intelligent, ca pable cleanly and kind milkmen. If possible, milkmen should always milk the same cows. Cows resent strange milkers. It is a good prac tice, supported by cow psychology, to let the milkman remove her calf and feed her \yitli a tempting ration of bran masli — sho will adopt him &amp; yied her milk to ...

THE WHEAT YIELD. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Chnl'fey) states he is convinced that the estimated wheat yield of 50,000,000 bushels for New South AVales will be urcati.v exceeded. 'During the last few days a large number of wheat growers have applied to discharge the mortgage which the State gave them to carry them over the drought,' says tho Min ister. 'The Government recognises that country storekeepers stood by many fanners during bad seasons, and these storekeepers should not be made to wait any longer th;;:i is necessary. . For this reason the Government is not adopting a policy of extracting the i last pound of llesli. My advice to farmers who are now prosperous is to lay by a store of fodder for lean years.'

LOAN FOR PROPERTY PURCHASE. £50 ? to ? £10,000 At 6 per cent. Interest for 20 Years. BECOME A SHAREHOLDER INSURE YOUR LIFE BORROW YOUR POLICY MONEY The General Finance Mercantile In surance Coy., Ltd., Foreman House, ' — '' 326a George: Street, SYDNEY. CAPITAL — £250,000. Tlie object of The General Mercan tile Insurance Coy. Ltd., is to lend you any sum from £50 to £10,000 at G per cent interest for* 20. years. TO ENABLE YOU TO PURCHASE YOUR OWN. HOME ORCHARD OR FARM. Full Particulars and Pamphlet on Application. NOTICE. FOR SALE OR WANTED. The General Finance Mercantile In surance Coy. Ltd., have some hundreds of Clients who desire to purchase farms and houses, and we shall be pleased to receive particulars of any farm or house in the district for sale, or from persons who desire to pur chase. The General Finance Mercantile In surance Company, Ltd., j ( AVith which is Incorporated The General Finance Mercantile Coy.) . To bo registered under tho Companies' Act of Now South 5?filca,...